Washington Commanders ranked last in NFL Players Association survey as Minnesota Vikings earn top spot

The Washington Commanders ranked thirty second within the NFL in response to the NFL Gamers Affiliation survey, which noticed groups graded on therapy of households, meals service/vitamin, weight room, power coaches, coaching room, coaching workers, locker room and staff journey

The Minnesota Vikings deal with their gamers finest whereas the Washington Commanders ranked final in response to a brand new NFL Gamers Affiliation survey.

The report, launched Wednesday throughout the league’s annual scouting mix, rated groups in eight classes – every little thing from meals and vitamin to coaching and journey – primarily based on nameless responses from round 1,300 gamers.

The Vikings, Miami Dolphins and Las Vegas Raiders had been the highest three groups whereas the underside three had been the Los Angeles Chargers, Arizona Cardinals and Commanders.

“Participant well being and security is our prime precedence, and we proceed to spend money on our services, together with a brand new follow discipline, new turf within the follow bubble and elevated assembly room area,” a spokesperson for the Commanders stated. “We all know there’s extra to do, and we commonly discuss with our gamers about methods to enhance their work surroundings and the expertise for his or her households.”

Outcomes confirmed three groups do not serve gamers dinner at their services and a kind of, the Cincinnati Bengals, doesn’t present dietary supplements or phone-charging plugs in lockers. As well as, the Jacksonville Jaguars handled a rat infestation final season.

NFLPA president JC Tretter insisted the survey will not be meant to disgrace groups.

“I feel the suggestions shall be pretty clear once they learn the experiences,” Tretter stated. “There’s not a lot misplaced in translation.

“There are some actually staple items the place it is like: ‘This should not be happening.’”

Groups had been graded on therapy of households, meals service/vitamin, weight room, power coaches, coaching room, coaching workers, locker room and staff journey.

Amongst different findings had been that six groups don’t fly gamers in top notch, seven groups no not organize for gamers to have room-mates on street journeys, and 18 of 32 groups provide rooms in stadiums the place households can go along with their kids.

The Philadelphia Eagles, in the meantime, provide a stadium household room only for coaches’ wives and youngsters, not gamers’ wives.

“The rationale we wish this to be reoccurring is subsequent 12 months, there might be no declare of ignorance as a result of we have introduced the issue up and it might be much more telling if these points proceed,” Tretter stated. “Then that is a transparent alternative and there isn’t any declare of ignorance there.

“It’ll be very clear what the following steps needs to be. In case you’re unwilling to take these subsequent steps, I feel that tells us quite a bit going into the next 12 months.”

The expectation is for gamers who go away groups to be extra forthright in future surveys.

It was vital to launch the survey outcomes earlier than free company begins, he stated, as a result of how groups deal with gamers could possibly be a deciding issue when mulling two affords.

“Two affords being equal, this would possibly get a participant to say, ‘My scenario in Group X with the identical provide goes to be higher than Group Y’”, Tretter stated.

Not all of the findings are detrimental. Seven of the highest eights groups rated best with gamers made the playoffs.